Projector for mobile professionals
As a management consultant, I have to always make presentations and over the years I have learned that no matter how much you learn about technology, you will still run into a problem when something is not compatible. I can tell you dozens of horror stories when you walk into a conference hall, plug in your laptop hoping to see that PowerPoint presentation show up on the screen, and start telling everyone how they should run their business. It doesn’t always happen that way.
So I often haul a projector just in case. Sadly enough though, despite the drop in size and weight of other electronic devices, the projectors are still fairly heavy. Until now! Epson (a company that I worked closely with when I was in Japan) has developed a prototype of a postcard-sized mini-projector using an LED light source. With a footprint of just 13.8 cm or 5.5 inches by 10.3 cm or 4.1 inches (just smaller than a sheet of A6 paper) and a slender profile, the 500-gram (a little over a pound) prototype can fit easily into the palm of your hand.
Although the company has no immediate plans to market the mini-projector (too bad!), company representatives believes that the prototype demonstrates just how compact mobile projectors could one day become. My request to my wonderful friends at Epson: Please make it. I know it will be a success. In fact I have seen a chart that shows that the smaller an electronic device, higher its sales. It is fascinating to see such charts for over time for all electronic devices.
In addition to allowing ever more compact design, LED light sources provide several advantages over conventional lamps including immediate projection readiness (that way I don’t have to make small talk and waste time), a long running time, and swift switch-off (so that I can get out of the conference room quickly if the presentation does not go well with some folks).
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